Book Reviews

Gever Tulley w/ Julie Spiegler, “Fifty Dangerous Things (You should let your children do)”, 2009

February 28, 2010
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I first saw this book on my Google reader. I think it was wired.com that had done a review and I was immediately interested. I thought to myself “Dangerous things for children? Alright!!” I may as well begin embracing my son’s innate desire to get into mischief and if he can do it safely, even [...]

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Stephanie Meyer’s “Breaking Dawn”, 2008

March 8, 2009

Wow, two months after buying the book, and I’ve finally finished it. I think that may say it all. Okay, my review of this book is likely going to destroy any mystery about the story because, well it’s difficult to write about something without actually saying anything about it. So, warning, spoiler alert… The final [...]

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Stephanie Meyer’s “Eclipse”, 2007

January 2, 2009

Alright, I actually finished this book also. It took me even longer to finish than the second book, but it seems that now I MUST read the fourth and final book. I’ll give Ms. Meyer credit, she may not be a great author but she certainly knows when to quit. The third novel continues with [...]

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Stephanie Meyer’s “New Moon”, 2006

December 19, 2008

Well the sequel to “Twilight” took me a little longer than four days to finish. This is probably a good illustration as to how I felt about “New Moon”. “New Moon” continues exactly where “Twilight” left us. We are taken along with Bella through her newest relationship problems with Edward. We also get to know [...]

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Stephanie Meyer’s “Twilight”, 2005

November 30, 2008

So after only four days, I’ve finished reading “Twilight”. I admit that lately it’s impressive if I can get through a 498 page book so quickly  with the crowd I keep. (Don’t worry, I didn’t ignore Jude for four days, I read after he went to bed.) For those who haven’t already read this book, [...]

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Philippa Gregory’s “The Other Boleyn Girl”, 2003

December 17, 2007

I started reading this book because Daniel told me that they were making it into a movie. I was interested only because I’ve been watching “The Tudors” and really liked the story around King Henry and Ann Boleyn. I figured that I since it seemed so many famous people were in the movie, then the [...]

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Vincent Lam’s “Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures”, 2006

November 19, 2007

This book was brought to Europe with us with the intention of Daniel reading it. I guess I was the lucky one this time. This book has been awarded the 2006 Giller Prize and although I’ve nothing to compare it to, it seems to have deserved it. The writing is clean and deliberate, as you [...]

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Frances Hodgson Burnett’s “The Secret Garden”, 1909

March 29, 2006

Of course a classic, this novel explores the needs and desire to be loved and acknowledged. This is intrinsically a children’s novel, but adults will surely enjoy it as well. The language might be a little tough for the average 10 year old to read, but having an adult read it aloud will make understanding [...]

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